Traditions

Jay Renehan joins the Kings Point Athletic Hall of Fame as one
of the Mariners’ most respected and successful
intercollegiate sailors in the program’s accomplished
history. A four-year letterwinner with the Blue and Gray
sailing program, Renehan helped the Kings Point contingent to two
ICYRA Coed Dinghy National Championship Titles, the Academy’s
only ICYRA Team Racing National Championship Title, and two ICYRA
Coed Dinghy National Championship Runner-up Trophies during his
four seasons on the waters of Long Island Sound. He was named
the captain of the squad for both the 1984 and 1985 campaigns and
graduated with the distinction of being the only college sailor to
have been awarded All-American status as a Crew (1983), Honorable
Mention Skipper (1984), Skipper (1985) and the College Sailor of
the Year (1985).

After winning his division in nine of the 13 intersectional
regattas during his senior year, he earned the coveted Everett B.
Morris Trophy as the College Sailor of the Year. However,
Renehan’s success was not just limited to the waters at the
Academy. A father of three, he has been able to continue his
competitive sailing career as a world-class athlete while being
employed by Boeing as a Design Engineer. A five-time member
of the US National Sailing Team, he finished second at the Olympic
Trials in the 470 Class in 1988 and the 1999 Olympic Trials at the
49er Class. In addition Renehan was the US National Champion
at the 49er Class in 1998 and has been a three-time winner of Tasar
North American, and won the Tasar World Championships in 1992.